Nol Malone ☭Aug 20, 2025
I'm genuinely curious what you think about current AI/LLM. I see a lot of justified frustration towards AI, but I don't often see the details of people's thoughts on the matter of AI generally. Shares would be appreciated, and I'd love to know if you have thoughts beyond the four options (polls are limited) ❤️
AI research should be abandoned entirely.
17.1%
CURRENT AI is unethical. More research is needed.
51.2%
Current AI can be used ethically in some cases.
17.8%
Problems with AI are the same as any new tech.
14%
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@anolandria

Hey, I work in LLM research (computational linguistics).

People should understand that us researchers are not the ones marketing the technology as replacements for workers, let alone artists, or as search engines, friends, therapists, or other tools they are not.

Often enough, we are the ones who know enough about it to understand why current trends are wrong or dangerous.

One of the most outspoken anti-AI-hype activists is Emily Bender ( @emilymbender ), a computational linguist who is working in the field herself.

Research is not the enemy. The technology isn't, either. It's the marketers, the venture capitalists, the investors, the managers, the grifters.

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@anolandria @emilymbender If you "abandon" LLM research, what does that even mean?

Cut state funding to everything that's LLM related? Then you also cut funding to everything researching it critically. You cut funding to research about AI ethics, about AI biases. You also likely cut funding to other linguistic applications, like accessibility software or normal machine learning like voice recognition or digital assistants.

Ban it by law? Then you push the technology into illegal, unregulated spaces or even other countries.

Science is never the enemy. The poll results so far scare me.

Aug 20, 2025 at 5:54pmWeb
Show threadNol Malone ☭Aug 20, 2025
@lianna @emilymbender I mean... im kinda surprised that the "abandon" option is only at just over 20%. I honestly thought it would be higher.